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The citizens of Craftonia, from Singapore to Stockholm, stand together in uniform opposition to homogeneity.

It is a land where the light comes from*filament bulbs.

Where beer taps are on the back wall, brick is bare and wood is stripped.

Craftonian cuisine is ‘dirty’, but not really, and it is usually*a burger.

There are no plain walls there: every surface*has a caricature*of a barman, a beer list, or a brief manifesto.

All the beers are IPAs, except the ones that are sour.

There are many breweries in Craftonia but most of them are*Stone, BrewDog and Mikkeller.
We wrote this last autumn*but decided against posting it, though we did include a version of it in our email newsletter (sign up here). We were moved to revive it by this post from Tandleman.
100 Words: The Global Republic of Craftonia from Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Beer blogging since 2007, covering real ale, craft beer, pubs and British beer history.


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